Doddridge County Roots

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Selina SMITH

Selina SMITH

Female 1829 - 1915  (86 years)

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  • Name Selina SMITH 
    Born 9 Feb 1829  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Birth date given as Feb 1830 in 1900 Census, and age 20 in 1850 Census would conform to the 1830 birth year. But obituary states that she was "Born Feb. 9, 1829, on Elk Fork, Tyler county," and that her age at death was "86 yrs., 8 mos., and 18 days."
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  McElroy District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Lincoln District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of daughter and son-inlaw Sarah & George Russell.
    Died 27 Oct 1915  Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Wilbur Cemetery, Wilbur, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I61674  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 8 Nov 2015 

    Father John SMITH,   b. 1 Jan 1795, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Mar 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Betty Seaton BOREMAN,   b. 22 Jan 1799, Waynesburg, Greene Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F21717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William SMITH,   b. CA 1827,   d. Bef Jun 1900  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1848  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 14 1850:
      William Smith, 23, farmer; Salina, 20; Jacob, 10 months.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 16 1860:
      J. Smith (male; this is actually Isaac Oscar Smith), 45, b. Pennsylvania, farmer; S. Ann (female), 31, b. Virginia; J (male), 17; N N (female), 15; T (male), 13; M (female), 12; E E (female), 10; H (male), 8; A E (female), 6; E (female), 4; Joseph, 1; S (female), 30; Zac (male), 10; Thomas, 8; Betty, 7; Perry, 5; E A (male), 1.
      (Note: Relationships not stated.)

      1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (McElroy District), enumerated on Jun 24 1880:
      William Smith, 55, farmer; wife Salina, 50; son Perry, 21; son William, 15; son James, 13; son Nathaniel, 11; son Golbert (Tolbert ?), 8; dau Sarah J, 18; father Nathaniel, 82. [4]
    Children 
     1. Jacob SMITH,   b. CA Oct 1849,   d. 6 Jun 1920  (Age ~ 70 years)
    +2. Thomas SMITH,   b. 2 Nov 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1936, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +3. Elizabeth Ann "Betty" SMITH,   b. 7 May 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1887  (Age 33 years)
    +4. Perry C. "Pete" SMITH,   b. 4 May 1856, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1921  (Age 64 years)
    +5. Anna Cella E. SMITH,   b. 1859, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1946, Hollidays Cove, Hancock Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +6. Sarah Jane SMITH,   b. 28 Dec 1861, Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1941, Salem, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +7. William A. SMITH,   b. 1864, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1930  (Age 66 years)
    +8. James Stephen SMITH,   b. 23 Aug 1865, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1940  (Age 75 years)
     9. Nathaniel SMITH,   b. CA 1869
    +10. Tolbert B. "Bert" SMITH,   b. 8 Feb 1872, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1937, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F25619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S14] Obituary.

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.